Recording device for weighing-scales



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1. B. SAGER.

RECORDING DEVICE POR WEIGHING SCALES.

Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

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I. B. SAGRE.

RECORDING DEVICE PCR WEICHINC SCALES.

No. 411,837. Patented'OCt. 1, 1889.

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I. B. SAGER. RECORDING DEVICE EOE WEICHINC SCALES.

Patented Oct. 1, 1889,.

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ISRAEL B. SAGER, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

RECORDING DEVICE FOR WEIGHING-SCALES.

SPECIFICATION fming part Of Letters Patent NO. 411,837, dated OCtObel 1, 1889.

Application led March 22, 1889. Serial No. 304,262. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISRAEL B. SAGER, a citizen of the United States, residing` at East St. Louis, in the county of St. Olair, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Recording' Device for Scales, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description.

My invention relates to improved means for recording the Weighings on scale-beams, and has for its object to obtain consecutive uninterrupted records of any desired number of separate Weighings With accuracy and dispatch.

It consists in a poise sliding on the scalebeam and having toothed wheels engaging, respectively, in a toothed rack on the beam, and a toothed bar carryingl a punch or punches for indicating separate weighings on a consecutive series of tickets, combined with a punching device and other features of novelty, as hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front elevation of a poise and its appendages, omitting the punching and ticket-locking device, constructed according to my invention and applied to a scale-beam, the scale-beam and toothed bar being broken away 3 Fig. a plan. of the same, and Fig. 3 a transverse section thereof on line 3 3 on Fig. l; Fig. i, a similar view to Fig. l, drawn to a reduced scale, the scale-beam and rods CZ and x partly broken away, showing' the punching mechanism; and Fig. 5, a sectional plan thereof on line 5 5 on Fig. a; 6, a detached sectional view taken longitudinally through the poise on line G 6 on Fig. 2, showing the ticket locking and releasing device; and Fig. 7, an end elevation thereof.

The same letters of reference denote the same or like part-s in all the figures.

c represents the poise, which is mounted and slides on the scale-beam b in the usual and Well-known manner, the scale-beam b being in the present instance presumably graduated from zero by increments of one thousand pounds to sixtythousand pounds. On

one side of the beam b is a toothed rack c, into which gears a toothed Wheel d, :fixed on one end of a spindle e, which is mounted in bearings transversely within the poise fr.. On

the other end of the spindle c is fixed a toothed Wheel or pinion f, which engages in a toothed bar g, mounted horizontally and parallel with the scale-beam l) in guide-bearings 7L at the ends of the poise c. This toothed bar g is movable in the guide-bearings n, so that the pinion f causes the travel thereof. movable toothed bar gis mounted one of the recording-punches p, as will hereinafter more fully appear. Adjacent to the bar g, and parallel therewith, is arranged horizontally for the entire length of the poise a a table i of suitable-Width, over which passes a paper stri pj, which is Wound upon and fed from a spool 7c, located near one end of the table c', and mounted with its spindle in anysuitable frame-Work secured to the poise a, the free end of the strip j being preferably attached to a second spool Z, similarly arranged at the other end of the table fi, and rotated by any ordinary automatic spring device, also carried by the poise a, as indicated at L at right of Fig. l by dotted lines. The surface of the paper strip j exposed to vieiv on the table f1.' is marked With divisions and numbers corresponding with the Weighings to be recorded, a blank space being left at one or both ends, as indicated in Fig. 2 by the word date for the insertion of the date and other desired memoranda. The inner column f2 of divisions adjacent to the bar g is graduated in a reverse direction to the divisions on the scale-beam b from zero by increments of one thousand pounds to sixty thousand pounds, the distance between consecutive divisions being determined by the relative diameters of the toothed wheels d and f, according to the length given to the poise a..

The divisions of the outer column jg of the paper strip j are graduated in the same direc-tion as those on the beam b from zero by increments of ten pounds to one thousand pounds, and are indicated by the Weight or counterpoise m, Which is adjusted by hand horizontally, and parallel with the front of the poise a along' a bar n, the latter being fixed at each end to the poise a and marked on its face With graduated divisions correspending with those of the outer column. It will thus be seen that after having utilized the scale-beam b in indicating or Weighing On this IOO the larger nu lnbers'or thousands the counterpoise a becomes a continuation of said beam b for indicating and weighing the less numbers (one to one thousand,) and a second counterpoise m is used therewith.

To the bar g is fixed a bracket o, (see Fig. 3,) carrying a verticallyarranged springpunch p, hereinbefore referred to, which is located over the inner column jz, or that division on t-he paper strip j corresponding with the division on the scalebeam b, as indicated by the poise d-#that is to say, when the poise 0, indicates the nineteen-thousandpound division on the beam b, as shown in Fig. l, the punehp will be over the nineteenthousand-pound division on the paper strip j, and so on throughout the entire scale. To the weight on is fixed a similar bracket q, carrying the vertically-arranged spring-punch fr, which overhangs and commands the outer column js, or that division on the paper strip "j from zero to one thousand pounds.

Through the table t, immediately beneath and correspondingr in number with the divisions of the inner and outer columns, respectively, are clearing-holes s for the punches p and r, the holes s opening at theunder side K of the table i into a space s beneath.

In operation, assuming that a weight of nineteen thousand one hundred and ninety pounds is to'be recorded, the paper strip j being unwound from the spool 7c and adjusted to its proper posit-ion on the table t', as indi- -catedv by the arrow-heads in Fig. 2, the poise a is drawn along the beam b from the zeromark to the nineteen-thousand-pound division, as seen in Fig. l, and in so doing the toothed rack c rotates the toothed wheels cl and f in the direction of the arrow in Fig. l, which moves the bar g longitudinally in a reverse direction to that of the poise a, and brings the punch -p from zero to a position over the nineteen-thousand-pound division of the inner column on the paper strip j, the weighing being then completed by adjusting the weight or counterpoise m along its graduated bar n in the saine direction as the poise a until its punch r is over the onehundred-and-ninety-pound division of the outer column, when by d ep ressin g the punches p and 7' they are forced :through the paper strip j at the uineteen-thousand-pound and one-hundred-and-ninety-pound divisions, rc-

spectively, and the record of the weighing thereby effected. On the release of the punches p o" by their springs the paper strip j is` wound upon spool Z until the punched columns of divisions are clear of the table t' and a second series thereof exposed to view, when the operation can be repeated for a second weighing, and Vso on successively according to the extent of the paper strip j.

For operating the punches QJ and r simultaneously there are preferably fixed to the table t', near each' corner, upright guide bolts or rods t, having upper nuts u, and passing freely through 'an overhead platen 0, (see Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7,) which is normally held against the under sides of the nuts u at its highest position above -the table t', and the heads of the punches p and o' by spiral springs fw, which are placed around the bolts t between the table t' and the under side of the platen o. Above the platen 'u is arranged horizontally, and of a length corresponding with the scale-beam b, a rectangular or other suitably-shaped bar fr, which is guided vertically between uprights y, fixed to the overhead framing ofthe scale, the bar being normally held at a certain height clear of the platen t'- by springs z, located between the bar a: and overhead framing. Bearing on the upper edge of the bar are the cam-shaped ends of vertically-arranged levers ct, which are fulcrumed to hangers b', fixed to the overhead frame, the other arms of the levers a being coupled together, and to the locking-lever c of the scale-beam b by rods d e', an interme-` diate spindle f', and a crank-arm g3, the whole operating so that on throwing over the lever c for locking the scale-beam l) the cam-shaped leversa depress the bar which descends upon and depresses the platent` in whatever position the poise a is located along the beam l), whereby the platen 'v descends upon and forces the punches p and r simultaneously through the paper strip j. On throwing back the lever c for releasing the scale-beam b the springs w and .e return the platen Q; and the bar m., respectively, to their elevated positions, so as to leave the punch es p and r freey to be withdrawn by their springs from the paper strip For holding the paper strip j when each successive length or series of its division-columns is brought into the propel' position for regis? tering on the table 1I and releasing the paper after a weighing has been registered a hole g is formed through the paper strip between each successive series of divisions, the hole g being in line with a corresponding hole g2, formed in the table z', adjacent to the feed-spool 7c. Over the hole g2 is a vertically-arranged bolt 71,', which works freely through the overhead platen o and through a rlower guide i" near the table t'. On the bolt h', between its lower end and the guide i', is a collar j', and between the guide i and the platen fu a second collar k', between which andthe platen u is placed a spiral spring Z, having a downward pressure on the bolt h',

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and adjacent. to said collar k', at opposite the platen c is being raised by its springs fw" and the punches p and r withdrawn fromthe paper strip j, the spring-catches m2 /mwhich have previously passed on the descent of the platen o beneath the collar 7c of the bolt h',

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raise the latter until its collar j is stopped by the guide i', when the platen c' continuing to rise the spring-catches m2 m2 are forced apart by the collar k', and the bolt h thereby lowered by its spring Z onto the paper strip j, which in the meanwhile, on the withdrawal of the punches p and fr and bolt' h', has commenced to travel along the table 1', and so removed the hole g from the vicinity of the bolt h that the bolt h will be supported on the paper strip j against the pressure of the spring Z until the hole g in the paper strip arrives beneath the bolt h', when t-he latter will be forced by the spring Z downward through the hole g into the cavity g2, and thereby prevent any further movement of the paper strip j during the next operation of the punches p and r, and so on throughout the entire series of tickets for each successive weighing.

l. In a recording-scale, the combination of a scale-beam, a poise arranged thereon, a sliding bar mounted on the poise, a punch mounted on the sliding bar, and gearing which connects the sliding bar with the scalebeam, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a recording-scale, the combination, with the scale-beam having a tooth rack thereon, of a poise arranged on the beam and provided with Ways, a sliding rack-bar mounted in said ways and carrying a recording device, a shaft j ournaled on said poise, and gear- Wheels secured to the shaft, one of said gear- Wheels engaging the rack on the scale-beam and the other the sliding rack-bar on the poise, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a recording-scale, the combination of a scale-beam, a graduated poise arranged thereon, a sliding bar mounted on the graduated poise, gearing which connects the sliding bar with the scale-beam, a punch mounted on the sliding bar, a second poise arranged on the graduated poise, and a second punch mounted on the second poise, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. In a recording-scale, the combination of a scale-beam, a graduated poise arranged thereon, a sliding bar mounted on the graduated poise, a punch mounted on the sliding bar, gearing which connects the scale-beam and sliding bar, and a table arranged on the graduated counterpoise parallel with the sliding bar and beneath the punch thereon, substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. In a recording-scale, the combination of a scale-beam, a graduated poise arranged thereon, a sliding bar carried by the graduated poise, a punch mounted on the sliding bar, a second poise mounted on the graduated poise, apunch mounted on the second poise, and a punch-table arranged on the graduated poise parallel With the sliding bar and beneath the two punches, substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. In a recording-scale, the combination of a scale-beam, a graduated poise arranged thereon, a sliding bar mounted on the graduated poise, a punch mounted on the sliding bar, gearing which connects the scale-beam and sliding bar, a table arranged on the graduated counterpoise parallel with the sliding bar and beneath the punch thereon, and strip-rollers journaled in brackets on the scaled counterpoise, substantially as and for the purposes described.

7. In a recording-scale, the combination of a scale-beam, a poise mounted thereon and provided with avrecording device, a spring actuated or retracting platen arranged over the recording device, a locking-lever for locking the scale-beam, and mechanism for actuating tlie spring-platen or retracting-platen from the locking-lever, substantially as and for the purposes described.

8. In a recording scale, the combination, with the scale beam, of a poise arranged thereon and provided with a recording device, a table mounted on the poise and having a cavity in its face, a spring-bolt mounted in guides on the poise and registering with said cavity, a spring' actuated or retracting platen for controlling the recording device and spring-bolt, a locking-lever for locking the scale-beam, and mechanism 'for actuating the retracting-platen from the locking-lever, substantially as and for the purposes described.

9. In a recording-scale, the combination of a scale-beam, a counterpoise arranged thereon, a table arranged on the counterpoise, strip-rolls journaled on the counterpoise, a paper strip supported on said table and provided at intervals with holes in line with a cavity in the table, a spring-bolt adapted to enter said opening and stop the passage of said paper strip, a locking-lever for locking the scale-beam, and mechanism for actuating said spring-bolt from the locking-lever, substantially as and for the purposes described.

l0. In a recording-scale, the combination, with the scale-beam, of a poise arranged thereon and provided with a recording device, a table mounted on the poise and having a cavity in its face, a spring-bolt mounted in guides on the poise and registering with said cavity, said bolt having collars above and below said guides, a spring actuated or retracting platen provided with spring catches adapted to en gage the collars on the bolt and control the action of said bolt, a locking-lever for locking the scale-beam, and mechanism for actuating the retracting-platen from the locking-lever, substantially as and for the purposes described.

l1. In a recording-scale, the combination, with the scale-beam, of a poise arranged thereon, a table mounted on the poise, a vertically-movable spring-actuated platen arranged TOO IOS

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horizontally above the table, a spring-sup- In testimony whereof I have affixed my sigported bar arranged above and parallel Wit-h nature,in presence of two witnesses, this 13th 1o said platen, cam-levers fulerumed to stationday of March, 1889. ary supports, and a seale-beam-locking lever ISRAEL B SAGER 5 connecting said cam-levers for operating said l cams to depress the spring-supported bar-and WViLnesses: platen, substantially as and for the purposes PAUL BAKEWELL, described. S. L. SCHRADER. 

